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Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« on: January 27, 2009, 09:06:18 PM »
"There are occasions when a worthless, insignificant book acquires significance as a scrap of litmus paper exposing a culture's intellectual state. Such a book is Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B.F. Skinner…. The book itself is like Boris Karloff's embodiment of Frankenstein's monster: a corpse patched with nuts, bolts and screws from the junkyard of philosophy (Pragmatism, Social Darwinism, Positivism, Linguistic Analysis, with some nails by Hume, threads by Russell, and glue by the New York Post). The book's voice, like Karloff's, is an emission of inarticulate, moaning growls—directed at a special enemy: 'Autonomous Man.'"

    * Ayn Rand, The Ayn Rand Letter, Vol. 1, No. 8, January 17, 1972.

He must have done something right to rile up her dusty vagina.  As a matter of fact, I'm just going to idolize him.
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2009, 09:27:49 PM »
:bow :bow bf skinner :bow2 :bow2

man must be ruled by his benevolent betters
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2009, 09:55:25 PM »
Objectivist proof.
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2009, 10:22:44 PM »
I actually dig Rand's polemical style, if not her content.  She kinda reminds me of Marx a little, so sue me.
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2009, 10:31:23 PM »
no she doesn't, and you're just a hopeless contrarian
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2009, 12:23:40 AM »
My grandpa took a graduate course from Skinner.

So jealous.
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Re: Objective proof on the awesomeness of B.F. Skinner
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2009, 12:36:04 AM »
I ordered a bunch of his books today.  The thing is, I think I read Walden 2 before but I think I've consumed so much alcohol that I no longer remember it.
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